Digital BW, The Print

A suggestion:
Scan some test negs containing a grey card, white object and black 
object. Experiment with the gamma gradation setting in SilverFast 
(hit the general tab under options and Check the HDR ouput box). Try 
different gammas, maybe 1.4 through 2.2 and see which raw scan (once 
inverted to a positive image) in PS comes closest to the actual tonal 
values. This will get you a raw 16 bit scan that requires less moves 
with curves/levels.

Amadou Diallo
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